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Release Date:
25 December 1964 (USA)
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Tagline:
The loverliest motion picture of them all! more
Plot:
A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. full summary | full synopsis
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Flower Girl
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Professor
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Linguist
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High Society
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Awards:
Won 8 Oscars.
Another 13 wins
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10 nominations
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(76 articles)
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170 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) |
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Dolby Digital (re-release) |
Mono (16 mm prints) |
Mono (35 mm optical prints) |
70 mm 6-Track (RCA Sound Recording) (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
USA:Approved (PCA #20570) (original rating) |
USA:G (re-rating) (1970) |
South Korea:All |
Brazil:Livre |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
New Zealand:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
West Germany:12
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James Cagney was originally offered the role of Alfred Doolittle. When he pulled out at the last minute, it went to the man who played it on Broadway, Stanley Holloway. Peter O'Toole, Cary Grant, Noel Coward, Michael Redgrave and George Sanders were all considered for the role of Higgins before Rex Harrison was finally chosen to reprise his Broadway role.
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Alfred sings "Get Me to the Church on Time", he sings "Stamp me and mail me", which is an American term, rather than the British term "Stamp me and post me".
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Quotes:
Colonel Hugh Pickering:
I'll have you know, Doolittle, that Mr. Higgins' intentions are entirely honorable!
Alfred P. Doolittle: Oh, 'course they are, guv'nor. If I thought they wasn't, I'd ask fifty.
Professor Henry Higgins: [shocked] You mean to say you'd sell your daughter for fifty pounds?
Colonel Hugh Pickering: Have you NO morals, man?
Alfred P. Doolittle: Nah. Nah, can't afford 'em, guv'nor. Neither could you, if you was as poor as me.
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Alfred P. Doolittle: Oh, 'course they are, guv'nor. If I thought they wasn't, I'd ask fifty.
Professor Henry Higgins: [shocked] You mean to say you'd sell your daughter for fifty pounds?
Colonel Hugh Pickering: Have you NO morals, man?
Alfred P. Doolittle: Nah. Nah, can't afford 'em, guv'nor. Neither could you, if you was as poor as me.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Punky Brewster: My Fair Punky (#3.14)" (1987)
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I think of this musical as revolutionary, startling, glaring, and visually out of this world. One of its scenes brings me to the state that I can only describe as "esthetical orgasm" if I ever had one. It is gorgeous, intelligent, and one of the most beloved and brilliant romantic comedies. It's got music that makes you want to dance all night, and it's got an actress who possessed class, style and the kind of beauty and charm that would never be reincarnated after she was gone. "My Fair Lady" (1964) directed by George Cukor is a great musical but is perfect no matter what genre you are looking at - Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance / Drama - it's got something for everyone - for all ages, for all eras, for all countries, for all continents. I have a friend. We almost never agree upon any movie - anything I like he would usually stamp as "rubbish". There is not too much to reply to this argument but when we both watch the "Opening Ascot races" scene in "My Fair Lady" with its harmony in white-black-gray (and who knew that color gray has so many shades and nuances), and then the harmony gets slightly distorted by Henry Higgins's brown suit and then as apotheosis, Eliza appears in an incredible black/white dress with a tiny red bow which completes this harmony, this feast of colors (and there are only five of them but you would think there are myriads) and that little bow is a last stroke, the stroke of a visual genius and that is magic...Every time during this scene I see the tears on my cynic-friend's eyes and I know that we both witnessed incredible moment created by the power of the human imagination.